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Page 136
... religion ' , i.e. , Milton's idea of religion . It is probable that Charles I's religion had more of the spiritual in it , as certainly it had more Christian charity , than Milton's . Once more we are struck by the paradox that a poet ...
... religion ' , i.e. , Milton's idea of religion . It is probable that Charles I's religion had more of the spiritual in it , as certainly it had more Christian charity , than Milton's . Once more we are struck by the paradox that a poet ...
Page 140
... religion of the state – so much for their views . It is arguable that the Church might not have succeeded in ... religion were not counted sectaries ; but wisdom now , valour , justice , constancy , prudence united and embodied to defend ...
... religion of the state – so much for their views . It is arguable that the Church might not have succeeded in ... religion were not counted sectaries ; but wisdom now , valour , justice , constancy , prudence united and embodied to defend ...
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... religion with the state , in the form of the established Church , is a good thing , even by those who do not believe any of its tenets ; in seventeenth - century circumstances to divorce religion from the state would have plunged ...
... religion with the state , in the form of the established Church , is a good thing , even by those who do not believe any of its tenets ; in seventeenth - century circumstances to divorce religion from the state would have plunged ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
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